00:00:10,700 Sorry. You should be all right now, Brad. Okay, then let’s move on to approval of the August 18th, 2026 meeting. Agenda staff. Any changes that we. Yes, we know about? Yeah. What? Uh thank you. Mayor. Members of council. Um, a couple of updates from staff tonight. 00:00:48,470 Um, the first one, I would just like to make a note of an additional additional information for, um, new business item A, which is the award of the Climate Action Plan. Um, staff just added additional information to the memo that was already in the packet. Um, that information was set to council earlier tonight. 00:01:06,430 And then also the packet and online has been updated as well. And then we’re also adding an addition of other business item A which is the voucher 11 A which is the voucher disbursement report. Um, the council also received an email with that earlier. And the online packet has been updated. And there’s a printed version here tonight as well. 00:01:21,170 Um, so those are the two additions from staff tonight. Thank you. Council. Any changes to the agenda? Mr. mayor, hearing none. I will make a motion to approve tonight’s agenda. I’ll second. All right. I believe we’ve got to do a roll call. Vote. Is that right, because I’m virtual. That’s correct. 00:01:46,270 All right, I remember. Uh, so we get a roll call. Vote, please. Yep. Uh, Blackledge? Yes. Greenberg. Yes. Parisian. Yes. Aranda. Yes. And. Sutton. Yes. All right. The agenda has passed. Moving on to the consent agenda. Pursuant to Council rules, one motion on debatable. Will approve the recommendation needed. 00:02:12,030 Any member of the council may ask for an item to be taken from the consent agenda for discussion and separate action. Such items removed from the Consent agenda shall be considered immediately following the approval of the balance of the Consent agenda. 00:02:36,400 Any items that Council would like to remove from tonight’s agenda? Hearing none, I will make a motion to approve consent agenda items A through C. I’ll second. All right. Could I get a roll call? Vote, please. Chase Blackledge. Yes. Greenberg. Yes. Parisien. Yes. Aranda. Yes. And Mayor Sutton. Yes. All right. So what did we approve? We approved credit card charges and payments. 00:03:05,300 We approve the wheels of Italy events, and we approved, uh, 2026 fiber optic project. So, next, moving on to presentations. We have a presentation from the Minnesota Green Corps members, Gwen Casey. Good evening, Council, and thank you for having me. 00:03:42,130 My name is Gwen, and for the past nine months, I’ve been serving as a Green Corps member here in Robbinsdale. Um, so as my term is coming to a close, I have a short presentation that will outline some of the projects that I’ve been working on throughout this past term. Thank you. To start, I want to give you an overview of the Minnesota Green Corps program. 00:04:00,300 Um, Minnesota Green Corps is an AmeriCorps program that is coordinated and partially funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. And PCA members serve a ten month term from fall into August, and there are four cohorts from stormwater and forestry, clean energy waste diversion, as well as the cohort that I serve in, which is community outreach and 00:04:21,630 readiness. And Robbinsdale has been a really unique site to serve in, primarily because I’ve had the opportunity to work across departments on environmental projects. Um, this has included sustainability and organics with my supervisor, Kayla Kurtz. Um, water Resources with Jenna Wolf, as well as forestry with Stefan Poppies. Okay. 00:04:42,030 So I’m going to give an overview of some of the projects in each of those areas, starting with organics. One of my primary focuses this year has been helping to launch and promote Robbinsdale First Organics drop off site. 00:04:58,970 Um, this site opened in February at the back of the community garden at 3933 West Broadway, and it provides apartment residents with an opportunity to accomplish their food scraps. In my role of outreach, I directly engaged with over 100 residents of multifamily buildings through five presentations at apartments, as well as four tabling events at apartments as well. 00:05:18,470 And then to increase reach, I also had a social media campaign and delivered flyers to some of those smaller apartments. There are currently 64 registered users and as of last Thursday when I checked, we have gathered over £2,700 of food scraps so far to be composted and diverted away from the landfill. 00:05:39,100 Another new area of waste diversion in Robbinsdale this year has been through the Zero Waste Team at whiz bang days. Um. The idea was first proposed by the Sustainability Committee, and I helped to make this happen by setting up and coordinating five starting stations along West Broadway. Um, through the Zero Waste team, we engaged ten volunteers. 00:05:58,300 Um, diverted approximately £250 of recyclables, approximately £40 of organics. Um, and the system seemed to work pretty well. We had good feedback from organizers, of Wood Bang days, so much so that the committee planned to repeat and even expand next year. Robbinsdale curbside composting program. This has existed now for a couple of years. 00:06:18,770 However, there’s still plenty of room to increase adoption among eligible homes. I helped support and expand this program during my term, starting with refining messaging through the city’s website, as well as gathering new photos, including this one here, which features sustainability committee member Megan showing off her organics bin at home. 00:06:37,700 I also promoted the program at three churches and several city events. And then most recently, I’ve been walking up and down alleys in the city, putting flyers on any trash bins that are not paired with organics bins. I’ve reached approximately 20% of eligible households at the time. 00:06:52,870 Um, we just got two more that came in right before this meeting, so I’ll make that 37 additional participants. This May. We hosted Robbinsdale second annual Compost Giveback. This event, which I helped to coordinate, was made possible by Dakota Prairie. 00:07:10,370 This is the composting facility in Shakopee that receives all the organic waste here from Robbinsdale for composting. Um, they generously donated ten cubic yards of compost that was provided free of charge to approximately 40 Robbinsdale residents. 00:07:30,230 And this program is really unique because it allows residents to see that full cycle of composting, because Dakota Prairie is the site that handles waste from Robbinsdale, residents can have the note be fulfilled knowing that it’s their exact food scraps that went into the compost that they can now add to their gardens, and then another, more local example of residents experiencing that, experiencing that full circle of composting started Ellen Lutheran this summer. 00:07:49,000 So in the spring I had reached out asking if I could table about the organics drop off site at their service. They said yes and then they invited me back later to help support and advise the construction of a new onsite compost bin. This bin will allow the church to compost their garden scraps and kitchen waste, as well as use that finished compost directly back in their garden. 00:08:05,900 And just last week, I led a workshop for about four of their members in the Garden Committee and just about how to get started with their new bin. It was really incredible to hear all of their ideas and their enthusiasm for getting this program set up at the church. And then one last example of waste diversion. 00:08:20,300 I’ve been working in the city on implementing organics and single stream recycling at three additional city buildings. So joining the ranks of City Hall with organics recycling is the police department. They now have organics recycling available in all of their restrooms, as well as their upstairs lunchroom and downstairs conference room. 00:08:38,000 Um, as part of that implementation, I also led trainings for 11 staff in the police department. In addition to the police department, we also implemented single stream recycling at the water treatment plant, as well as the lunchroom of public works. And then a few more outreach events in the area of organics. 00:08:57,100 Um, this first photo is a photo of the Sustainability Committee on a tour of Dakota Prairie. Again, that site that handles the organic waste for Robbinsdale. Um, and then this last one is the bird town glass workshop that Kayla and I learned about waste diversion and a couple more photos. 00:09:11,600 This is just some of the outreach materials that I’ve been distributing this year. Um, some social media, graphics, stickers, coloring pages and flyers. Okay. Moving to water quality. This June, Jenna and I restored a rain garden at the Robbinsdale Water Tower with native plants. 00:09:33,900 This was a fairly large rain garden at approximately 2400ft, and I helped to put together a planting design that included over 1500 native plant plugs that represented over 20 different species. We had a very successful community planting event, and with the help of nine community volunteers, we were able to get all the plugs in the ground with just a few hours. Thanks to Stefan and Forestry. 00:09:51,570 Um, the garden has been watered regularly during this drought and the plants appear to be establishing nicely the Crystal Lake Flocculation plant. This is a great example of the city taking an active approach to improving water quality. And in my role as a Green Corps member, I worked on helping to spread awareness of the important work of phosphorus removal that this plant does. 00:10:07,570 This included designing the educational signage pictured here, which appears on the exterior of the plant, and just that. So when people are passing by, they know what that odd cylindrical structure is doing behind the fence. 00:10:26,230 I also assisted in multiple community tours of the plant and join Jenna for routine water testing at both the flocculation plant and on Crystal Lake to measure for total phosphorus suspended solids, oxygen levels, among other things. Now, when we think about the efforts that the city is putting towards improving water quality, such as the flocculation plant, one thing to consider is are those efforts being translated into changing perceptions of water quality? And the water quality 00:10:44,830 assessment has been one way that we’re trying to answer that question. Um, this survey Jenna and I developed last spring with the help of a team at the, um, Humphrey school that’s also working on a survey to address these same questions at other lakes in the metro area. 00:10:59,530 And so far, we’ve gathered feedback from over 130 residents. And although data analysis is in the early stages, we’ve already helped identify new opportunities for improving education and making the lakes more accessible to residents. And one way that we’ve already begun working on education in water quality is through events like this rain Garden bike tour. 00:11:19,130 This past week, Jenna and I hosted five residents on a 3.5 mile bike route in the city that included four rain gardens and two native plantings at each planting site. 00:11:34,170 We discussed the ecology of the rain garden and the purpose of the gardens in terms of filtering stormwater and providing habitat for native species. And then one of the more direct ways that I’ve been working in improving water quality is just by organizing community cleanup days at Lakeside parks in the city. We’ve hosted four events so far, engaged 28 volunteers, and collected over £275 of trash. 00:11:54,900 And I will say a lot of that weight came from one single event. Um, it was a lot of bulky trash items like bed frames and chairs that were coming out of Grimes Pond, um, and a small plug here. If you’re interested in joining us, our last cleanup event will be this Thursday at 5:00 at Lakeview Terrace Park. 00:12:09,300 Okay, last section is now Forestry and Natural Resources. So this past year, I’ve been helping Stefan with his work in planting and maintaining all the city trees. Together. We planted 47 trees in the spring and fall and pruned 14 trees in the winter. Um, and again, this is in parks and boulevards in the city. 00:12:25,970 I also developed a new city form that will allow residents to request a new tree for their boulevard without having to call the city like previously. They would need to. And this summer has also been very busy in terms of ash treatment. 00:12:42,400 So working on a three year rotation, Stefan treats all ash trees in the city for emerald ash borer and invasive beetle. And this summer I helped to treat over 150 ash trees, primarily helping out with the drilling plug setting and data entry. And just to give props to Stefan, this program has been really successful. Um, as not a single city Ash tree has been lost to EAB since citywide treatment began this spring. 00:13:02,370 I also helped to update the city’s GIS inventory for all park trees, which was last updated about six years ago. In 2020. In total, this included over 600 park trees that were assessed for condition and diameter at breast height, which is the industry standard for gauging tree size. 00:13:18,330 And then one last project I’ll mention here is the removal of garlic mustard. It’s a hockey park. Garlic mustard. Mustard is a very invasive understory plant that can crowd out. Many in our native species. We found a very large infestation of this invasive species at the hockey park. 00:13:35,770 But with the help of 19 volunteers at two events, plus a lot of additional hours among myself, Jenna and Stefan, we managed to remove garlic mustard from over 2000 24,500yd of the hockey park, which amounted to £1,400 of plant material which, instead of being landfilled, was taken directly to Dakota Prairie for composting. And that is all the projects I’ll be covering. 00:14:00,000 But I wanted to briefly end with some of the training and education that I’ve been able to take advantage of as a Green Corps member. Um, while funding for my statement is provided by the MPCa, of Minnesota as well as AmeriCorps, I did receive $600 from the city to use towards conferences and trainings, which I greatly 00:14:15,930 appreciate. So some of these included. The Rams, a conference on waste, the Minnesota Erosion Control or Mica conference, the Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course, the Minnesota master Naturalist program, and the Hennepin County Recycling Ambassadors Course. 00:14:37,430 These all were incredibly informative and helped to connect me with the broader network of people working on these issues in the state. So with that, I wanted to thank you. I feel very lucky to have been paired with Robbinsdale as my green Core host site, and I really appreciate my year here. So thank you. Thanks. And then I saw all of the work that you were doing. 00:14:58,130 I don’t know how you wouldn’t get into all of those slides. So really like thank you for all of the hard work that went into this. And I had no idea how much was being done. That’s amazing. Thank you so much for doing this. Council. Any comments? Questions? I’d say yeah. Thank you for the presentation. 00:15:18,800 Um, it sucks that your time with us has come to an end, but, um, you know, you’re, um, you know, what’s what’s next on the horizon. And out of all the projects and everything from the garlic mustard and, uh, collaborating with the Humphrey school, what’s been your, like, favorite part, would you say? 00:15:34,270 Yeah. Um, so what’s next? I signed on for another term of Green Corps, serving with the city of Richfield. Well, I’ll be starting at the end of September. 00:15:48,430 Um, and then in terms of favorite parts, I don’t think I can choose between the three areas, but I do want to just emphasize that I have really appreciated the fact that there’s such a diversity of projects that is really unique as a Green Corps member, to be able to experience such a range. I think the fact that I could start my days doing water quality testing and then treat ash trees and then table it for organics all in the same day. 00:16:05,300 Um, it really kept days busy and interesting. Thank you, thank you. Well, I think this is great that the city offers a stipend as well to be able to go to conferences and things like that, because it’s career development. So I hope we can have you back one day. But thank you. 00:16:22,870 Thank you so much, Gwen. I I’ll just echo, um, a lot of the thanks you have been busy these last, uh, this last better part of a year. And it’s so wonderful to see the culmination of your work in such a lovely presentation tonight. 00:16:43,170 Um, I would love to see some of the initiatives that you worked on to continue into future years, so I’ll be hopeful for that. Um, particularly the Compost Giveback program. How amazing. I remember. Um, it must have been a couple years ago. 00:17:04,830 Uh, former former council member Wagner had asked specifically, like, where is the, um, the organic waste going to? And can we get our hands on that? So it’s wonderful to see that full circle moment that you talked about. Um, and we will certainly miss having your presence here. But thank you for all of your efforts. I’ll let my friends over in Richfield know that they’re in. They’re lucky to have you. Thank you. 00:17:22,670 Yeah, I’ll just say thank you so much. All your hard work and this amazing presentation. It’s great to see how involved you are in the city. And, um, all the different projects that you were able to work on. And, uh, I was actually curious, just like what the shade tree short course. 00:17:39,730 What is that? Yeah. So that’s an annual conference, um, put on by Min Stack, uh, which is a forestry group in Minnesota. It’s a pretty large conference. 00:17:58,870 Um, and it attracts people from both within the state but also farther out, um, multi-day with multiple courses on anything from pruning to how to deal with storm damage and new diseases to look out for. So it was an exciting thing to be part of. Cool. Thanks. Yeah, I’ll echo the same sentiments. And I think also to the staff as well. 00:18:15,870 I think it’s amazing that we have so much opportunity and you talk greatly, highly about all of them. Um, and their experience for yourself and our community. So really appreciate that. And yes, please come back and visit anytime. And yeah, good luck on your next step with Richfield as well. So thank you so much. Yeah. Great. Good luck. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks, Gwen. We’ll miss you. All right. 00:18:36,500 That’s a tough one to follow. Was like, okay, uh, let’s see, there are no public hearings. Uh, there is no old business. But we do have new business award. climate action plan, contract. That is going to be a tough act to follow. But Gwen. Is so. 00:19:08,900 Awesome, and I’m so proud of her and her last day with us is next Friday, and it will be here sooner than I would like. But we will. We will be having a lunchtime pizza party to celebrate, and I think it’s safe to say members of the council are invited. I’m sorry to this Friday, next Friday. Next Friday, the 28th. Okay. Um, okay. 00:19:35,570 Thank you, Council, for having me. I’m Kayla Kurtz, the sustainability coordinator. Um, and I just want to provide some additional context to the item that was in your agenda packet. Um, earlier this year, staff applied for a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for local climate action planning. 00:20:02,870 Um, with the intent of hopefully using those funds to work with a consulting firm to create a climate action plan for Robbinsdale to build off of all of the great sustainability and climate work and energy work that we’ve been doing over the last few years. And to really build out a roadmap for the next decade or so. 00:20:26,270 Um, to really hone in on our emissions reductions. Um, so submitted that application earlier this year. Um, a few months later, we’re notified by the MPCa that our project was selected for funding, which is excellent. 00:20:50,900 Um, and then shortly after that, staff worked on crafting a request for proposals to then solicit bids from consultants to help work on this climate action plan with us. Um, so this RFP was authorized by you all at the June 16th council meeting. And then, um, shortly thereafter, we published that RFP. So the RFP was live from June 22nd through July 20th. We, uh, published it far and wide. 00:21:15,970 We posted a created a web page on the city website to house information about the RFP and the Climate Action Plan process. Um, we posted about the RFP in the Sun Post, and we also directly, uh, sent the RFP via email to a handful of firms that we were aware of. 00:21:38,900 Um, so over that course of about a month, when it was open, um, we had a Q&A process and, um, in total we received 14 submissions to the RFP, which, uh, was surprising. Um, some might say record breaking. Um, but it was. 00:22:05,770 Yeah, it was exciting to know that there were so many groups of professionals out there that were eager to work with Robbinsdale on this type of project. Um, so after the closing of the RFP, we had the 14 submissions we got together as a staff review team with, um, myself, our city engineer slash public works director, community development director, communications coordinator, water resources specialist, and 00:22:31,900 our Minnesota Green Corps member. This was mostly the makeup of our Staff Sustainability committee, but also, um, a few extra staff to really get a wide representation across departments. Um, when reviewing proposals. 00:22:54,900 So ultimately we what we each individually reviewed proposals and we also got together as a group to discuss, narrowed it down to our top three. And then we hosted a set of interviews over the last two weeks to get to know some of these firms better, um, and to better understand their projects. 00:23:13,430 So, um, following interviews, we got together again as a team, and after those discussions, I am here tonight to recommend the Great Plains Institute for Robbinsdale Climate Action Planning process. Um, and I’ll tell you a little bit more about the Great Plains Institute, also known as GPI. Um, they’re a nonpartisan, non-profit organization based here in Minneapolis. And their sole mission is to accelerate the transition to net zero carbon emissions. 00:23:42,870 Um, with a focus on people, the economy and the environment. Um, GPI in my, uh, few years here in Robbinsdale has been an awesome resource and organization to work with. And I’m very familiar with the organization and their staff and the work that they do. 00:24:04,970 Um, the City of Robbinsdale has worked directly with GPI in a handful of ways through the Community Energy Network. Um, which is facilitated by GPI. We received our sole smart Gold designation, if you’ll recall, through a cohort that GPI facilitated with Hennepin County. Um and GPI also contributed really thoughtful review and technical assistance. 00:24:31,000 When we were going through some, uh, zoning code changes regarding electric vehicles and solar system arrays. Um, so the Great Plains Institute has a wide breadth of knowledge in their arsenal, and they also have a really, um, a really built out team that’s local to Minneapolis and local close to Robbinsdale. 00:24:58,730 So, um, that’s a huge plus that we were really looking for when we were reviewing these proposals is that we want to be able to engage face to face with the this consulting firm, and we want them to be familiar with what’s going on in our area. Um, GPI also has just great experience developing climate action plans for local, uh, local municipalities. 00:25:25,870 They’ve developed plans for the city of Redwing, Saint Paul, Northfield, Saint Louis Park and most recently the City of Lauderdale. Um, so I just want to emphasize that we’re really excited and confident in our decision to recommend the Great Plains Institute for this process. They are extremely well versed in local climate action planning, and I know that they will be great partners to work with. 00:25:54,200 Um, and they also have recommended some really fun and innovative community engagement tactics as part of this planning process. So they’re excited to get out into the community with us. 00:26:08,300 And I mean, maybe, hopefully as soon as some of the events going on this fall, maybe you’ll see us out of the bird bash or the meet and greet. Um, we have tossed around the idea of doing like a town hall climate theme. Um, so just a lot of good, unique engagement. 00:26:32,970 Um, was part of their proposal, and, um, storytelling is going to play a large part, hopefully, in this climate action plan process. And, um, you know, we want the lived experiences of Robbinsdale residents to be heard throughout this plan. So, um, I’ll just touch on some of the main components of the plan, and then I’ll stop talking. 00:26:52,370 But, um, the Great Plains Institute, uh, is going to, um, or will help us curate a climate action plan that includes greenhouse gas, gas emissions inventory, climate vulnerability assessment and implementation plan, and importantly, an analysis of funding opportunities that are available or will be available to us. Um, once we start looking at implementation Down the line. 00:27:19,730 Um, and that was just, you know, there’s more to it. But at a high level, that is the, uh, summary of why and who we’re going with. And, um, yeah, I’m excited to recommend the Great Plains Institute to help us work on a climate action plan for Robbinsdale. Excellent. Thanks, Kayla. And great job. Um. That’s that’s, uh, that says something. 00:27:46,500 When you got 14, uh, 14 folks fighting over fighting over the work for us. So good job setting that up. Uh, Council, any questions or comments? Um, I got a couple comments here, and then just one question, and I was looking through the organization. Looks like they do great work. 00:28:08,030 Um, they have a track record here, and things are including the cities, for example. Um, and it sounds like you guys went through a pretty heavy vetting process with interviews and things like that. So I’m confident in you guys. 00:28:22,570 Um, I would just say kind of what are your next steps? Because it looks like they develop an action plan and then they’ll use their consulting services to draft that up for us. But do they go like I’m just trying to picture afterwards, like, are we gonna stay with this organization to like, do the plan itself or like, is this just kind of for the, um, like the RFP to be submitted and 00:28:39,500 then a plan to go from there? Um, if I, if I understand your question correctly, um, Great Plains Institute will be with us to craft the plan itself. Um, they’ll lead us from the very beginning through to the plan adoption. 00:29:04,070 So by the end of this process, we’ll have a physical document and, well, PDF document of, uh, including all those components that I listed. And then, um, once we get to that adoption phase, that’s essentially where the, um, funding ends. But beyond that, um, we’ll seek out other opportunities and other organizations and things to continue partnering with.. Great. Thank you. And thanks for securing that grant, too. 00:29:35,970 It’s super helpful. Thank you. Um, yeah. Thank you for the presentation. Excited to see the work that Great Plains Institute puts into effect through this plan. 00:30:00,630 Um, I know that we have an energy action plan, and I’m just wondering, how is this, like an overlay above that? Do they work in tandem? Like, how does an energy action plan and a climate action plan work together? Yeah, that is a really good question. Um, the we can think of the Energy Action plan as kind of a piece of the pie piece of the climate pie. 00:30:23,730 So, um, the energy action plan, uh, specifically lays out actions for us to take as a city that will reduce our energy related emissions. Um, this climate plan will lay out actions for us to take to reduce all emissions from transportation to, uh, buildings to, um, like air particulate matter. So the energy Action Plan will kind of be just a piece of that. 00:30:50,330 And, um, you know, we don’t want to have two like, completely separate non compatible plans. So, uh, it’s important. It was important to us to specify this in the RFP to that. 00:31:11,770 Um, we want this the energy action plan that already exists and that that we’ve put a lot of time and work into, to inform parts of the climate action plan and to, um, I think there will be some there will definitely be some overlap between the two. Um, so we’re not starting entirely from from zero. Cool. Thanks. Thank you. Kayla. Uh, yes, I I’m certainly supportive of this. I, um, congratulations on the grant award. 00:31:44,270 And it’s wonderful to see that the bid is fully covered by that grant, which is great to see. Um, I also want to say thank you for, you know, the information that we received in our packet. You were still undergoing the interview process up through yesterday. It sounds like. So congratulations on, you know, uh, putting a team together to go through a selection process. 00:32:06,600 Um, that is clearly very thoughtful. Um, and I. Yeah. I couldn’t be happier with the work that you’re doing overall. So thank you. Thank you. Yes. Um, thank you so much. And I just want to point out if you like this. Yeah, the submissions is one thing. And like reviewing process is another. 00:32:30,170 I think somebody who’s reviewed RFPs and things of that nature and the diverse, um, cast of team members, you got to do that as well to also speaks volumes about the overlay and how this impacts the city as a whole. And so it’s just yeah, it’s just amazing to see that it’s a we greatly appreciate that. 00:32:44,500 And knowing that this is all work done because of the work you’ve done to write grants. And there’s a lot of work that goes into writing grants and receiving grants. And so talk about ways in which you impact the community in a much larger sense that I think this needs to be said. 00:32:59,930 So thank you for that and looking forward to seeing what comes from this. Thank you. Excellent. Well, thank you again, Kayla. Uh, Council, is there a motion? I will make a motion to authorize. Apologies. I will make a motion to authorize awarding the Climate Action Plan contract to the Great Plains Institute. I’ll second. Jason. I have a roll call, please. Blackledge. 00:33:33,070 A Greenberg. I I. Parisian. Hi. Ronda. Hi. And some. Okay, we’ll go with the I.. Thank you. Passes. Congratulations. Thanks again. All right. It took. Me back. Sorry. Sorry. No. That’s great. I was I was about to say hi earlier. Glad you brought it back. Uh. 00:34:05,700 All right, uh, next up, under other business, uh, voucher requests, uh, pending approval for disbursements. Any updates there? Staff or questions? Counsel or take a motion. I can make a motion. Oh, are we ready for that? I’ll make a motion to approve disbursement requests for the period ending August 18th, 2026. Second. All right. Can we get a roll call? Vote chairs. Blackledge. A Greenberg. 00:34:38,200 A. Parisian. Hi. Rhonda. Hi. And, Simon. I. All right, I pass this, uh. Moving on. Administrative reports. Um. I’ll throw that. I just want to, um. Thank. I’ll give my thanks to all the election judges and election workers that worked for the election last week. 00:35:04,570 Um, it always takes, you know, several people to to make it successful and make it seamless. And so I just want to give my thanks to not only the staff at work, but also all the election judges, which is, you know, around like 60 to 70 for the primary. So thank you to all those workers. 00:35:21,430 And, you know, outside of Robbinsdale, the people and the entire state that helped make elections run and, um, help out at the polls. So thank you to everybody for that. And that’s my only update for tonight. Um, Mister mayor Council, few quick updates for me. 00:35:39,670 I want to share my thanks as the assistant city manager noted, uh, offer my thanks to him as well. Certainly takes a leadership role in that internally with early voting. It, uh, call it a distraction. It’s an important work to do. And the job is done. Well. 00:35:55,400 So my thanks to, uh, he and the team that he leads, uh, I also want to thank staff that came out to present tonight. Um, as Casey, certainly the support they’ve got, uh, in all three areas that she mentioned. Uh, and to Miss Kurtz for bringing another project home to the finish line. Uh, want to, in the theme, offer my thanks to all that came out to the public safety open house. 00:36:10,800 Well attended. We had a gorgeous day. Fun to see people out and about there along those lines. Uh, you may have seen either a whiz bang and or the open house, uh, the city, uh, has acquired engine tool. 00:36:25,700 So the original second engine from the fire department, uh, we had it up and running, was giving tours at the Public safety open house. We teamed up with CSCS to tell the cool story of how that was actually acquired. 00:36:41,570 So if you get a chance to check that out and, uh, in the public safety vein, continue to encourage folks to sign up for the bridge 911 app, uh, share out that, uh, upcoming events include movie in the Park on Friday, music in the Park next Thursday. And then as we get into September, Wheels of Italy on the 13th, meet and greet on the 14th. Uh, vehicle fair on the 19th. 00:36:56,700 And then, uh, not to get too far ahead of ourselves, bash will be on the 2nd of October. Uh, and then finally and, uh, maybe council will speak to this a bit, too. Is, uh, we are in the homestretch for the preliminary not to exceed budget that is required to be set by September. 00:37:13,770 Uh, council has expressed, uh, ongoing interest in getting feedback from the community throughout the process. So please reach out to staff or your council members or both as we continue to, uh, get towards that date again. We’re scheduled to, uh, take formal action on the 15th of September, as required by statute. And that’s all for me. 00:37:32,300 Thank you. Tim. Uh, Council general updates. Anybody got stuff they want to say? I just have one thing to throw out really quickly. Uh, I’m gonna do another chat with a council member. Uh, in August, on the 26th, which is next Wednesday with council member Parisian at Manas. Excuse me. 00:37:59,630 Manas restaurant. Uh, so that’s from, uh, 6 to 730 next Wednesday. I’m forward to it. Um, excellent. I’m looking forward to that as well. And thanks to Council Member Greenberg for including me and continuing with these community engagement opportunities. So we’ll see you at Manas next Wednesday the 26th. 00:38:25,130 Yeah. And I and I just have one thing here. Um, this Sunday we have the election kickoff and Senate District 43. Basically, the rundown is local electeds. Uh, and then state Electeds are going to be there. I’ll be there. Feel free to stop by. I think they’re going to have, uh, taco trucks. So that’s a plus. 00:38:45,930 Real quick. Um, yeah. School is around the corner. So just think of all those parents and caregivers and students preparing to go back to school the next couple, several weeks. So, um, just. Yeah, that’s all I have. So good luck to you all. Thank you. Yeah. 00:39:05,170 And I, um, I’ll, uh, I’ll keep it short as well. Um, I’ve had a pretty consistent drumbeat of, uh, meeting with, uh, various members of the community, uh, here over the past several weeks, over the summer. Um, and, uh, usually, you know, we grab coffee and talk about whatever’s on their mind. 00:39:22,770 And so just want to encourage residents to, uh, to continue to reach out to me and your and your council members, if you if you get stuff we want to talk about. So I always appreciate sitting down for a cup of coffee with, uh, with, uh, the various members of the community. So that’s all I got. 00:39:41,930 Is there? I’ll make a motion to adjourn. Second. Uh, can I get a roll call? Blackledge. I. Greenberg.. A. Parisian, I. Aranda. Hi. And Marissa. Hi. All right, well, thank you, everybody. Have a great night, and we’ll.